The 2014 Budapest mayoral election was held on 12 October 2014 to elect the Mayor of Budapest (''főpolgármester''). On the same day,

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were held throughout Hungary, including the districts of Budapest. The election was run using a First-past-the-post voting system. In contrast with previous elections where the Mayor served a 4-year term, the winner of this election served for 5 years. The election was won by incumbent Mayor, and the governing parties' candidate, István Tarlós.

Campaign

Originally, the left-wing opposition, which ran united in the

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of April, selected Ferenc Falus, a hospital director nominated by the Together (''Együtt'') party as its candidate. After bad polling, and campaign mistakes (including an Ice Bucket Challenge video),Falus Ferenc #icebucketchallenge a Bátor Táborért
YouTube Falus withdrew on 29 September and endorsed minor party candidate and former Minister of Finance Lajos Bokros.

Results

References

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